♫ Before I talk, I should read a POLL! ♪ ILM Artist Poll #93 ♪ B-52’s ♫

Cindy's screaming = A+

You can really hear the Velvet Underground influence in that first promo clip.

Glad I re-did my ballot, thanks Karl.
Too low!

Wig is an impressively dead-on homage to 50s novelty numbers like Yakety Yak, but because the B's have such a deep bag of tricks, there's all these 'free lunches' thrown in, like the gossip breakdown (complete with laugh track) and Kate's(?) soaring high notes during the "Wig's on fire" call-and-response section

https://i.imgur.com/6hSQxoT.jpg
21. Channel Z

262 points, 12 votes. Highest position on ballot: 4

Cosmic Thing
music video

rehearsal for Saturday Night Live, 1990

creeped-out lol at that image

you are killing it, Karl

Where's DJP been lately, he should be here raving about "Bushfire" with us.

Something good is happening!

Poppy Bush Interzone homage in that image!

Living on the edge of Z
Waste dumps
toxic fog
irradiate, and keep it fresh forever
Good old boys, tellin' lies

that's good ol' boy lee atwater on the right

https://i.imgur.com/cHpMUDQ.jpg
20. Summer Of Love

282 points, 14 votes. Highest position on ballot: 4

Bouncing Off The Satellites
PSA for AMFAR

Points to Doogie Howser, M.D. for including scene of Doog listening to "Channel Z" while in post-breakup haze -- on vinyl!

see "Summer of Love" is too clanky

I love "Summer of Love" but I don't LOOOOOVE it. #18 of my 20.

It made my Top 20.

that AMFAR ad was probably the first time I ever heard of the B-52s, I remember buying multiple albums by them and being like "huh, I guess that song (Summer of Love) isn't on this one"

https://i.imgur.com/2m1WpUx.jpg
19. Girl From Ipanema Goes To Greenland

289 points, 15 votes. Highest position on ballot: 2

Bouncing Off The Satellites
music video

^^^^ love this thing -- a hook monster

I can tell it was assembled around the mixing desk, with those excellent synth whooshes covering for the lack of Ricky.

Are the BotS images in a golden ratio? Took me long enough to see it.

do not sleep on the video

My favorite image so far.

https://i.imgur.com/9zzA5u9.jpg
18. Ain’t It A Shame

294 points, 12 votes. Highest position on ballot: 2

Bouncing Off The Satellites
Cindy Wilson singing this at karaoke in 1989 (this is amazing)

I LOVE THIS SONG. shamefully, i didn't even really know about it when i submitted my ballot. now it would be top 5, i think.

my, uh, second-favorite song by them : )

Missed the results in real time. "Wig" was my first vote to place. Surprised to see it, "Channel Z" and "Girl From Ipanema" so low! All awesome imo. The image for "Girl" is fantastic! (x-post)

"Ain't it a Shame" placed high on my ballot too. Great Cindy performance.

Great video

https://i.imgur.com/DLmc5HS.jpg
17. Lava

295 points, 15 votes. Highest position on ballot: 6

The B-52’s
cool 1978 performance with someone dancing in middle of the band

live 1980

Sinead O'Connor killed "Ain't It a Shame," one of their queerest songs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUF5mrKUOVA

Nice to see Bouncing Off The Satellites being represented well. Ain't It A Shame was my number four. One of the most beautiful and heartbreaking songs I know.

That 1978 video fascinates me beyond all comprehension, still performing to recorded backing. As early as it is, you can hear how they have all of their quirky parts and performances cemented.

If I have my B lore straight, that video predates their first trip to NYC to play at Max's Kansas City. The book Party out of Bounds mentions how they had made a video prior to the trip, and took some stills from it to create a press kit to try to land a gig at CBGB, which didn't book them, and Max's, which did.

https://i.imgur.com/0WXmuLR.jpg
16. Love Shack
338 points, 16 votes. Highest position on ballot: 3
Cosmic Thing
music video
Letterman show, 1989
Stephanie Tanner dances to Love Shack
Shaquille O’Neal lip syncs to Love Shack
Mike Yannacone sings and dances to Love Shack while driving

that's the last one for today.

Top 15 tomorrow!

https://i.imgur.com/0WXmuLR.jpg
16. Love Shack

338 points, 16 votes. Highest position on ballot: 3

Cosmic Thing
music video

Letterman show, 1989

Stephanie Tanner dances to Love Shack

Shaquille O’Neal lip syncs to Love Shack

Mike Yannacone sings and dances to Love Shack while driving

goddammit. well, i fucked that one up

I know we're all pretty tired of it by now, but still, too low!

woooow

ILM in eschewing overplayed trax shocka

Another great day. Pacing and rollout has been top notch.

I am glad that Mike Yannacone found good music on the radio.

I still enjoy Love Shack even after hearing it a thousand times, but I didn't even think of voting for it.

Huggin' and a-kissin', dancin' and a-lovin'
Wearin' next to nothing 'cause it's hot as an oven

Zero #1 votes for "Love Shack," wow

the call and response "I'm gonna jump in a crater-See ya later" is so delightful.

I really don't see the mistake with the last image, maybe I will on a computer and not on a phone.

It was posted twice.

‘Jukebox money’ is such a great phrase.